Skillet.



E. A. HUDSON.

SKILLET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1906.

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EDWARD A. HUDSON, OF OQUAWKA, ILLINOIS.

. SKILLET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed April 21, 1906. Serial No. 313,039.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HUDSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oquawka, in the county of Henderson and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skillets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cookingutensils and it particularly pertains to a skillet, frying pan or likearticle embodying independent receptacles which may be used conjointlyin attached relation or used singly in detached relation.

The invention aims to provide a device in which different foods may besimultaneously cooked and in the event of a food in one receptacle beingcooked before the food in the other receptacle, the receptaclecontaining the cooked food can be quickly and easily detached from theother receptacle by a manual operation.

In connection with a device of the above type, the invention aims tofacilitate the assemblage and disassemblage of the cooking receptaclesby providing the adjacent sides thereof with complementary lockingelements, which inter-fit one another in such a manner that the elementsmay be disengaged from their locking relation by a relative movement ofthe two receptacles, and without necessarily removing them from thestove.

The detailed construction will appear in the course of the followingdescription in which reference is to the accompanying drawing forming apart of the specification, like numerals designating like parts throughout the several views, wherein Figure l is a top plan view, showing askillet constructed in accordance with my invention and the sectionsassembled, Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, Fig. 3 is a transversesection on the line 3*?) of Fig. 1, Figs. 4 and 5 are front elevationsof the respective receptacles which in their assembled relationconstitute the skillet as an entirety, Fig. 6 is a front elevation,showing the re ceptacles partly detached and the mode of assembling anddisassembling the same, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the handle onthe line 7 of Fig. 1.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, I employ a skillet, fryingpan, or the like constituted of interfitting sections 1 and 2. In thepreferred embodiment of the invention, these sections are semi-circularin contour, so that when assembled the skillet as an entirety willpossess a circular contour. The section 1 is provided at the upper edgeof its straight side with a flange 3, provided with a depending wall 4.Adjacent to its base the section 1 has formed in its straight side alongitudinal recess 5 which is provided with an overhanging curved wall6. Between the side of the section 1 and the depending wall 4 a space 7is afforded for the reception in interlocking relation of an upstandingflange 8 formed longitudinally upon the straight side of the receptacle2 and spaced away from the walls of said receptacle at the ends of saidside whereby recesses 9 are afforded at each end of the receptacle 2 forthe reception of the depending wall 4 of the receptacle 1. The base ofthese recesses extends the entire width of the receptacle 2, therebyforming a shoulder 10 upon which the end of the depending wall 4 ridesin the operation of assembling the receptacles. In primarily assemblingthe structure the flange 8 is introduced at an angle into the recess '7and to facilitate this mode of assemblage, the straight side of thereceptacle 1 is provided in its upper portion throughout its entirewidth with an inclined surface 11. Adjacent to the lower portion of thesection 2 an outstanding rib 12 is provided along the entire width ofsaid section. The rib 12 is adapted to be introduced into the recess 5of the section 1 and to this end is formed with a curved upper edge 13with which the curved overhanging wall 6 of said recess coacts.

The above description relates to the construction of the body of theskillet and sets forth the interlocking elements thereof. The body ofthe skillet in the interlocked relation of its parts is reinforced orbraced by supplementary handle members. The receptacle 1 is formed witha handle 14 and the receptacle 2 is formed with a handle 15. -The handlesections 14 and 15 are cut away adjacent the skillet whereby in theircomplementary relation to form an opening 16 for the reception of asuspending device, such as a nail. The section 15 is provided adjacentthe opening 16 wlth a shoulder 17 which terminates in a rearwardlyextending ledge 18, indicated in dotted lines in Fig.1. The ledge 18 isin a lower plane than the shoulder 17 and is adapted to bear against andoverlie an extension 19 carried by the handle member 14. Opposite to theshoulder 17, the extension 19 is provided with a corresponding shoulder20 which is spaced away from the shoulder 17, in order that a recess 21may occur between said shoulders for the reception of a suspension nailafter its introduction into the opening 16. The handle member 14 isprovided with a ledge 22, illustrated in Fig. 7, which bears against anoverlying extension 23 carried by the handle member 15. The ledge 22 andthe extension 23 are similar in construction to the ledge 18 and theextension 19, so that the disclosure of Fig. 7 is sufficient for both ofsaid ledges and extensions. It will thus be seen that the handle members14 and 15 bear against one another at points along their longitudinaldimension and on relatively opposite sides, whereby the skillet isequally reinforced throughout the handle upon which the greatest strainoccurs in moving the utensil from place to place.

In practical use the section 2 is introduced into engagement with thesection 1, and in the initial action of this operation, said section 2is so moved with relation to the section 1 that the extensions 19 and 23are disposed side by side in contacting relation, whereby the -teriitsthe concave surface 13 of said rib.

respective ledges 18 and 22 are not engaged therewith. In thisdisposition of the sections, the receptacle 2 is tilted at an angle tothe receptacle 1 and the flange 8 is introduced into the recess 7 atwhich. time the depending wall 4 enters the recesses 9. The section 2 isthen moved upon the flange S as a pivot until the rib 12 enters therecess 5 and the curved overhanging wall 6 in- When the body of theskillet has thus been assembled the section 2 is moved rearwardly untilit supplements the section 1 in the formation of a circular contourtherewith, at which time the ledges 18 and 22 will be in underlyingrelation to the respective extensions 19 and 23. In disassembling thestructure, the section 2 is slid until the ledges and extensions are outof the path of one another and tilted into the position shown in Fig. 6,whereby the various interlocking elements are disengaged, at which timethe receptacles may be detached.

It-is obvious that various minor changes may be made in the inventionwithout departing from the spirit and scope thereof as defined in theappended claims.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the type set forth comprising independent sections havingdetachably interlocked engagement, each of said sections being providedat relatively different loca tions with laterally exiending membersadapted to enter nately arranged laterally extending flanges andrecesses, the flanges on one extension overlying the flanges of theother extension in the assembled relation of the sections as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A device of the character described comprising separate pan sectionsadapted to be secured together, handles carried by said sections, meanscarried by said pan sections for initially securing said sectionsagainst lateral movement away from each other and means carried by saidhandles adapted to prevent the disengagement of said first named means.

3. A device of the character described comprising separate pan sectionsadapted to be rigidly secured together, handles carried by saidsections, means carried by said pan sections for holding said sectionsagainst lateral movement away from each other, and means carried by saidhandles and adapted to be operated by the relative longitudinalmovc'ment thereof adapted to prevent the disengagement of said firstnamed means and to hold the sections rigidly together.

4. A device of the character described, comprising sep arable pansections, provided with means to prevent lateral movement of saidsections away from one another, said sections in the engagement of saidmeans being adapted for a relative longitudinal sliding movement, andmeans provided on each of said sections and adapted to be engaged ininterlocked relation upon the relative sliding movement of said sectionsafter the engagement of said first named means, said last named meansbeing adapted to prevent the disengagement of said first named means.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD A. HUDSON.

Witnesses S. E. Forums, 1 A. LrNnLL.

